aBookPlayer 1.11.3

New

• Android: updates from the PC. When a connected PC runs a newer version, the phone's library shows Tap to update to aBookPlayer x.y.z from MYPC. The app is downloaded from the PC and installed by Android (the first time, Android asks to allow aBookPlayer to install apps). This works from the next version on: install this one from the APK below, or from the QR code of a PC running 1.11.3.

Fixes

• Long MP3 books on the phone:
  • The parts the PC serves are now cut in pauses, so there is no small gap in the audio every three minutes.
  • MP3s of constant bitrate are no longer cut: the phone already seeks in them exactly.
• The phone's own long MP3s (a folder on the phone, or books copied with Download to this phone before 1.11.1) now play in exact parts too. The phone lands where the PC is, with the right length, even away from the PC.
• Downloads interrupted while the PC was updated start over with the PC's new parts, instead of mixing old and new pieces.
• Windows Firewall:
  • The check in the share window looks at each network separately. A block on another network (a VPN, Hyper-V) is no longer reported as blocking phones on the home network.
  • It also checks the phones' search for the PC (UDP), not only the connection.
  • The installer no longer removes existing rules: an access refused in Windows' own question stays refused.

Downloads

File	Size	Requirements
aBookPlayer-1.11.3-x64-setup.exe	~36 MB	None: includes the .NET runtime
aBookPlayer-1.11.3-x64-light-setup.exe	~3.5 MB	.NET 10 Desktop Runtime (x64)
aBookPlayer-1.11.3-x64-portable.zip	~47 MB	None: unzip and run
aBookPlayer-1.11.3.apk	46 MB	Android 6.0 or later; installs over earlier versions

Both installers upgrade an existing installation; settings, positions and downloaded models are kept. The installers are not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may show an "unknown publisher" warning.